Watch-pocket.



M. I. LUDLOW.

WATCH POCKET.

APPLICATION FILED seenzo, 1915.

l 1 @4,86 1 Patented May 30, 1916.

WU. LuoLow THE COLUMBIA PLANDGRAPH 60., WASHINGTON, D. c.

MERTON I. LUDLOW, OF CENTRAL CITY, NEBRASKA.

WAT CI-I-POCKET.

Application filed September 20, 1915.

T 0 all whom it may concern I Be it known that I, MERTON I. LUnLow, a citizen of the United States, residing at Central City, in the county of Merrick and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in VVatch- Pockets, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention has for its primary object a simple, durable, and efficient construction of dust-proof watch pocket for working clothes, whereby a thresherman, farmer, or other workman or laborer, may feel entirely free to carry his watch at his work without exposing the same to dust at any time, and with danger of the watch slipping from the pocket while he is stooping over or other- Wise engaged in his work. And the invention also aims to generally improve devices of this class so as to render them more useful and commercially desirable.

With these and other objects in view, as will more fully appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in certain constructions, arrangements and combinations of the parts that I shall hereinafter more fully describe and claim.

For a full understanding of the invention, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the bib portion of a garment such as a pair of overalls, having my improved dust-proof safety pocket embodied therein. Fig. 2 is an inner face view of the bib showing the transparent panel which exposes the watch on the inner side of the garment, next to the body of the wearer. Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the line 33 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a similar view on the line H of Fig. 2.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and designated in all of the views of the accompanying drawing by like reference characters.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral 1 designates the bib portion of a garment such as a pair of overalls, and 2 the shoulder straps thereof.

3 designates the pocket which, in the present instance, is of the kind known as the patch pocket, although it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in this re- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 3Q, 1916.

Serial No. 51,693.

gard. The pocket 3 consists of a piece of cloth preferably of the same material out of which the garment itself is made, and is stitched to the outer face of the bib, as clearly indicated in Fig. 1, the pocket embodying a vertically disposed elongated portion 4, the upper end of which joins to a laterally extending portion 5 which is devoid of stitching along its lower edge, whereby it is formed with a downwardly facing opening through which the watch is intended to be inserted, and be finally located in the bottom closed end of the vertically elongated portion 4: of the pocket. The laterally extending portion 5 of the pocket 3 is provided near its lower edge with a button-hole 7, and a button 8 is secured to the garment for engagement with the button-hole whereby, in connection with the formation or shape of the pocket, as will be evident, the watch will be securelyheld in place and prevented from dropping from the pocket, should the wearer of the garment stoop over. Preferably, the bib is formed where it constitutes the rear face of the pocket at the lower closed end thereof, with an open, and a transparent panel 9 closing said opening, so that the watch may be readily viewed without taking it from the pocket.

In the practical use of my invention, after the watch 10 is in place, it is only necessary for the wearer to place his'thumb underneath the bib at one side edge thereof, and to press his fingers against the body at a point immediately below the watch as it lies in the pocket, and to then press the bib downwardly above such point, whereupon the watch may be easily seen and the time ascertained, without removing the watch from the pocket.

It will thus be seen that I have provided a very simple, durable, and eflicient construction of device of this character which will be found very convenient for workmen engaged in all trades, particularly where they are subjected to dust as, for example, threshermen or farmers in the field.

While the accompanying drawing illus trates what I believe to be the preferred embodiment of my invention, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited thereto but that various changes may be made in the construction, arrangement and 10 of a Watch therethrough into the vertically extending portion, the inner face of the pocket being provided with a transparent panel, as and for the purpose set forth.

' In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

MERTON I. LUDLOW.

Witnesses WARREN C. PLANK, F. K. SPRAGUE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0. 

